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Peter Singer

Peter Albert David Singer AC (born 6 July 1946) is an Australian moral philosopher and the Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics at Princeton University. He specializes in applied ethics and approaches ethical issues from a secular, utilitarian perspective. He is known in particular for his book Animal Liberation (1975), in which he argues in favor of veganism, and his essay "Famine, Affluence, and Morality", in which he argues in favor of donating to help the global poor.

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Australian moral philosopher

Born 6 July 1946

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  • Cover of: The Most Good You Can Do: How effective altruism is changing ideas about living ethically

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  • Cover of: Desacralizar la vida humana / Unsanctifying Human Life: Ensayos sobre etica / Essays on Ethics (Teorema Serie Mayor / Theorem Mayor Series)

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  • Cover of: LIBERTAÇÃO ANIMAL - A Discriminação com Base na Espécie - Assenta numPreconceito Imoral e Indefensável -(EURO 17.96)

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Australian moral philosopher

Born 6 July 1946
Subjects
Ethics, Moral and ethical aspects, Animal rights, Animal welfare, Medical ethics, Bioethics, Social ethics, Medical Ethics, Philosophy, Animal rights movement, Ethik, Human Fertilization in vitro, Bioethical Issues, Biography, Humanitarianism, Poverty, Altruism, Animal rights activists, Charity, Economic assistance, Fertilization in Vitro, History, Philosophy and ethics, Sociobiology, Animal Rights
Places
United States, Australia, Great Britain, Angleterre, England, Estats Units d'Amèrica, Grande-Bretagne, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Pays de Galles, Wales
People
George W. Bush (1946-), Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770-1831), Henry Spira (1927-), Henry Cort (1740-1800), J. M. Coetzee (1940-), Karl Marx (1818-1883)
Time
2001-

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  • Peter Albert David Singer
  • Peter A. Singer
  • Peter-Singer

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